08-05-2008, 05:01 PM
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Jasper didn't hear the sounds of his surroundings. Not the light breeze or the sounds of birds and bugs. Instead, the young male heard a song. It was quiet hum, some unknown rhythm, and it caused his ears to lift forward and seek it out. He didn't understand in those few moments that, in fact, the sound what his own breath. It was just some sweet tune in his head, quiet and calming, something that he might imagine his mother humming to him, were he so lucky to still have her around. The song was forced away from him though, mutated to growling rasps and struggles for breath. Someone had hold of him, shaking him almost, pulling him up from the ground. After a moment of confusion his eyes cleared, falling on the sight of a man he knew all to well. The smile that grew on his face suddenly was weak and almost silly, laced with drool and the snot that ran clear from his nose so suddenly. "Dad.." He managed, so unbelievably happy to have been found, but the look and feeling didn't last. His face contorted to something painful, panicked, and he wanted to badly to cry only to find that the tears wouldn't come. "It hurts..." |